178: The Spy's Way to Survive
When Ji Hongye went all the way to the Zhenbei Palace, he had already carefully observed, and the guards were all the best of the best. There are often wars in northern Xinjiang, and Chiyang City is not peaceful, presumably in order to protect their families, the people who stay in the palace must be carefully selected. If there is a problem in these people, it is basically impossible.
Thinking about it this way, the only thing that is doubtful is the newly married princess of King Zhenbei. As far as he knew, Princess Zhenbei was the niece of Empress Shen, named Shen Congqian, and she was a lady who rarely appeared in Jinling City. Women like them have been in the spotlight since they were children, because many people know that people with their status must be very important in the Daning Dynasty in the future.
But this Miss Shen is different from others, she is introverted and does not like to contact people. In the ranking of the ladies of various families in Jinling City, there is no one. But everyone who has seen her must praise her, saying that she is naturally gentle and courteous, and she has the demeanor of everyone.
When the saint gave him a marriage and wanted to match this young lady of the Shen family to the king of Zhenbei, he had speculated that this must be the saint's desire to win over the king of Zhenbei. As a feudal official, with heavy troops in his hands, the suspicion of him in the Jinling court has never faded. It is also human nature to have your own henchmen by your side to facilitate real-time supervision, and there is nothing to doubt.
But the only thing that Ji Hongye couldn't figure out was that if he wanted to come to a place like Northern Xinjiang, why wasn't the woman he wanted King Zhenbei to marry, another niece of Queen Shen. That woman has dared to ride a horse on the streets of Jinling City since she was a child, and she is very heroic and informal. He had seen the woman before, and she was very intelligent and sensitive. She should be more suitable for Northern Xinjiang and more suitable for being an eyeliner. Why did you send this one, Shen Congqian, who doesn't show up often, and everyone doesn't know anything about her.
At first, he didn't put much effort into it, but now that he thinks about it, he is full of doubts. It seems that this Shen Congqian must have a lot of secrets that no one knows. However, this woman can actually establish a foothold in the Zhenbei Wangfu, and live in the Cangwu Ballad of the Zhenbei King, she must have some means. He is only suspicious now, there is no definite evidence, and it is not good to act rashly.
He is in the light, the enemy is in the dark, and now he can only take this woman into custody. And tried to release some rumors to prove that the woman was still alive, and was torturing her, trying to force her to ask what she wanted. Then the other party will definitely not be able to bear it, either they will save people, or they will kill them, as long as they move him, they can take the opportunity to capture.
Ji Hongye was far away in Jinling before, although he knew everything about what happened to Nalan Jinxiu, he didn't know who was calculating her. Ah Jin is a stable character, and Bing Xue is smart, it is not easy for ordinary people to calculate her. But the current county lord of Zhenbei Wangfu can be said to be infamous in northern Xinjiang, just because of the offense of that guard.
He was thinking at the time that someone must be planning Ah Jin's marriage, and the reason why she ruined her reputation was so that she could take advantage of the situation and want to be the county horse of Zhenbei Wangfu. He checked all the people who came to the door, and finally came to the conclusion that they did not have such scheming, let alone such ability.
Now that he has just arrived in northern Xinjiang, some people can't help but want to attack him. He is naturally aware of this consequence, if he has a relationship with another woman at the moment of courting, it can show that he has poor self-control and an unclean private life. Not only will King Zhenbei's impression of him be greatly reduced, but it will also hurt Ah Jin's heart, so he can't even think about this marriage.
Now his heart is very clear, the reason why this person made a move on him was to make the Ji family and Zhenbei Wangfu unable to get married. The real mastermind behind the scenes, there is no need to be suspicious, it must be a big man in Jinling City.
Ji Hongye rubbed his forehead, he worked hard to calculate, and did not hesitate to pretend to show favor to King Hui, and became King Hui's guest of the scene, so he got rid of his marriage with the ninth princess. Now that there is only one step left before marrying Ah Jin home, how can he allow an accident to happen at this time? Since the other party has already come to the door, it is naturally impossible for him to let it go. By the way, even Ah Jin's previous grievances were also recovered for her. He wants to let the other party know that he dares to calculate him. If you dare to move Ah Jin, you will definitely not end well.
Ji Hongye's eyes darkened when he thought of this, and a dark light flickered in his eyes. He said in a very calm tone: "You go and tell Commander Zuo that I didn't bring him here to make him a decoration, and he can be tried how he should be judged, and don't forget the work in his hand just because he is in the Zhenbei Palace." Before tomorrow, I must make this man spit out. ”
Ji Xiaobai shuddered a little when he thought of the methods of the left commander. At the beginning, the young master named him to take him with him, he and Long Yi were still hesitant in their hearts, the method used by the Zuo Commander to torture to extract confessions was the best, but what did they do when they came all the way to the north to take him?
Ji Xiaobai went out to run errands, but Ji Hongye didn't feel sleepy at all. He didn't sleep last night, and tonight he tossed until the middle of the night, but his mind was still very clear, thinking that the person behind it completely angered him. He is really glad that he came to Northern Xinjiang and wants to take Ah Jin away, otherwise let her stay in this Zhenbei Palace, which seems to be calm on the surface, but is full of dangers inside, how can he rest assured?
In the future, he must take Ah Jin with him, and he will never let her be in danger alone.
Thinking like this, he realized why the matchmaker had come so late, and even today he had not received their itinerary report. Thinking like this, he suddenly understood in his heart that if someone wanted to ruin this marriage, he would definitely use all means to drag him down. Maybe the matchmaker has already had an accident on the road, or has encountered something and can't come for a while. Late will change, he can't keep dragging it out like this, he still has to think of other ways.
Thinking like this, he walked to the desk by himself, spread out the paper, moistened the pen, and gave Lu Xiuya, who was also in northern Xinjiang, a letter of resignation. Lu Xiuya was also a disciple of Shen Qingzheng, but it was a few years earlier than Ji Hongye. To say that this Lu Xiuya is also very legendary, he abandoned his pen and followed Rong back then, shocked the government and the opposition, and now he is also a pivotal figure in the entire Daning Dynasty.
Before Ji Hongye came to Northern Xinjiang, the two exchanged letters, and Lu Xiuya told him that he was also coming to Northern Xinjiang in order to ask Xu Jince for a way to train cavalry. He was still a few days earlier than himself, and he thought that the people who had come were already in the northern frontier. And Lu Xiuya made it clear that although he had official business this time, he wanted to take his wife to enjoy the scenery of northern Xinjiang.
Ji Hongye thought that since Lu Xiuya brought her sister-in-law, and her sister-in-law was the second-class lady of the imperial court, it should be appropriate if she was asked to come to this family. Ji Hongye explained the reason concisely, and handed the letter to Ji Xiaobai. In this way, the senior brother will be able to receive the letter tonight, and if it is soon, he will bring his sister-in-law over tomorrow, and this matter can be decided.
Even if the senior brother has something to delay, he will definitely be faster than the people who come from Jinling, so that he can avoid long nights and dreams. It's just that the only drawback is that the dowry can't arrive. However, King Zhenbei is a straightforward person, and he shouldn't care about these things outside his body.
By the time Ji Hongye finished thinking about it and straightened out all the things in his heart, the sky had already been white. He found that he had a sleepless night, and today he didn't know if those people behind the scenes would make other moves, and he needed enough energy to deal with it, so he lay on the bed with his clothes, ready to take a nap.
The dust has settled on Ji Hongye's side, and there are people there who haven't slept all night. Shen Congqian saw that there was no movement from Ji Hongye's courtyard for a long time, and he didn't see Cuizhu come back, so he knew that he must have missed. She had long known that this young Master Ji was a difficult character to deal with, so there was not much unacceptability about the miss.
It's just that in the end, if it doesn't work out this time, she is clumsy in front of the other party, presumably now Ji Hongye is waiting for her to show her feet. Although Cuizhu is not the best spy, Shen Congqian has never doubted her loyalty. Those who do their job are all without relatives and friends, alone, if the mission fails and can be recovered, then there is still hope, if it cannot be recovered, then there is only a dead end.
If you implicate your superiors because you are unwilling to die, the consequences of being arrested by the organization are really not able to survive and die. Their organization has endless methods of torturing people, and no one can think of it.
The previous spy master chose to flee because of the failure of the mission. It's a pity that he was finally caught, and now the person is not dead, but he just fixed his feet on the ground with red-hot molten iron, so that he can only stand for the rest of his life. Shen Congqian had gone to the dungeon to see him, the man was young but already full of gray hair, and he just wanted to give him a good time and let him be relieved as soon as possible. But how can a spy be freed so easily?
It is said that a spy is the dead end of the living, and it is also the life of the dead. In fact, to be more precise, once you become a spy, there is no way. There is no freedom, no opinions, nothing to like or dislike, you have to do what the task asks you to do, and if you can't complete it, what awaits you is destruction.
Doing his best to complete the task, even at the cost of his own life, this is the way of survival of a spy, which cannot be described as sad. But this is their fate, and no one can choose.
Shen Congqian closed her eyes, she knew that Cuizhu would not survive until tomorrow night. Because before Cuizhu left, she had personally fed her poison, the medicine was called "annihilation", but anyone who took it, if there was no antidote within twelve hours, they would all rot in their stomachs and intestines and turn into a pool of blood.